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#1 It's a dirty little war in Africa - and not getting much independent press coverage. The French seem to have the press reports very much under control. The French public doesn't seem to care - as long as it doesn't cost a lot of money. I'm all in favor of jihadists being unseated from power ... but you don't hear much about how that's being done.